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Sailing Photo Of The Day.

I think it's time for a new sail.

Force 5 On Friday

Hold the fort Joe. Are you trying to pull a fast one? That's not a Force 5.
I might finally cross the Rubicon and buy a C class/5M sailing canoe. I'm going to take a look at one on Monday.

Does this mean the end of your Force 5? Absolutely not, I need to continue my eternal battle with Nemesis.

Marshall Islands Outrigger Canoe Sailing. [Video]

Skimming right over the reef.

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Boat Of The Day. The PK 520.

The PK 520 is an updated version of the III C Finish sailing canoe designed by Erkki Ruokonen and Torolf Bäckman. What a knock out!

From Erkki: "I haven´t heard from you for a long time, how is living behind the Big Sea? I´m working hard with customers boats, as usual. At the moment life goes on while working on a new Catboat, drawn by Warner L. Winthrop in the 1930`. Interior is soon ready and it will be covered with a teak deck. Later in the spring I start working with to kayaks. And there is a huge 38 ft. mahogany motorboat that needs a lot of care, but it won´t be in the water this year. I have started to draw a new IIIC, much simplier than PK 520. I have a short video clip of PK 520, would you like see it? (YES!) The PK 520 works well, it´s a true beauty and quite fast too. My own dinghy sailing experience is a VLL ( a Very Low Level ) so it was not a big news to realize that the water was cold and wet during the first trial and errors with PK 520. We haven´t done nothing yet to simplify the drawings, so I must discuss with Torolf about it. Here is a picture of IIIC."

Awesome! Read more here.

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Rudderless. Sailing Photo Of The Day.

C/5 Meter class sailing canoe.
Steering simply with a paddle.

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Sailing Photo Of The Day.

Howard Rice and his sailing canoe Sylph in the waters of Micronesia.

Reader Recommended Reading.

Puluwat sailing canoes coming home.

From Guy (Guy is "The Yellowstone guy."):
LONG AGO AND FAR AWAY I WAS AN ANTROPOLOGY PROFESSOR.

You should locate and read "East Is A Big Bird" by Thomas Gladwin. The detail of the canoes, the seamanship, and the sheer balls of the navigators is telling of the seafaring wanderlust.
-- I loved the map of your last post.

Guy

Thanks Guy, I ordered it today from Amazon.
Cheers, Joe

P.S. Wahines to come.

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Ocean Paddler TV!

Ocean Paddler TV is online.
There is a nice spot on canoe sailing. Check it out.

Via Canoe Sailing Magazine.

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Paddle And Sail, From Kane'ohe Bay to Hale'iwa. [Video]

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If I Were The Commissar In Charge Of Sailing.

I would require Comrade Tillerman to scuttle his so called boat and only sail multihulls. Then I would retire to my dacha in Hawaii and drink vodka with my bikini clad comrade wahines.
Long live the revolution!

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